Earning scores of 114-114, 115-113, and 117-111, Tomasz Adamek, 41-1 (27) juked and jived for twelve rounds, all the while landing enough punches to impress the judges at ringside.The early rounds belonged to the stronger Cristobal Arreola, 28-2 (25) as his punches moved Adamek's entire body, at times leaving Adamek looking skittish and unsure.
As the rounds wore on, Adamek's quick two and three punch combinations reddened and eventually swelled Arreola's face. "I look like Shrek now," said Arreola after the fight. "I hurt my hand in the fifth round and hurt it real bad in the 10th. He did what he wanted to do."
By round six, round twelve started to look a long way off for Adamek. Arreola pounded the former cruiserweight champion around the ring, not always landing flush, but wearing the smaller man down. Round seven slowed to a crawl, then Adamek took the fight over from round eight on through the end of the fight. Though Adamek won the fight, he clearly struggled in ways he never had to before, and he admitted as much after the fight. "This is the toughest fight I have ever fought,' Adamek said. This is why I believe I will be the heavyweight world champion."
Alfredo Angulo vs Joel Julio: Junior Middleweights
Angulo wins by KO in round 11. In a fight Joel Julio often controlled with his faster hands and superior lateral movement, one slow jab got him knocked out. A right hand counter over the top of Julio's jab earned Alfredo Angulo a victory at 1:39 of the round.
Julio began the night circling left in an effort to stay outside of Angulo's right with Angulo having sketchy success doing anything about it. A typically slow starter, Angulo pressured the faster Julio round after round, while the slippery Colombian peppered and moved. While Angulo seemed to do all the right things, frequent body shots, occasionally cutting off the ring, and landing his right, he couldn't sustain his attack enough to corral Julio. By the late rounds it seemed obvious that Angulo needed Julio to make a mistake. He got what he needed.
Rico Ramos vs Reynaldo Lopez: Junior Featherweights
Ramos wins unanimous decision. Ramos helped his cause by knocking Lopez down with a left hook in round seven on his way to scores of 80-70, 79-71, and 78-72. Ramos pumped up his record to 16-0 (9). Lopez's record fell to 29-9-2 (21).
Nate James vs Alvaro Morales: Heavyweights
James by split decision. All three judges scored the fight 39-37, two of them for James.
Natu Visinia vs Geovanni Sarran: Heavyweights
Visinia by unanimous decision. Fight stopped at :24 of round four due to accidental headbutt with Sarran unable to continue. All three judges scored the fight for Visinia, 40-36.
Chris Avalos vs John Molina: Bantamweights
Avalos by TKO. Molina retired in his corner after round two.
Marquis Bruce vs Raul Rodriguez: Junior middleweights
Majority draw. Two judges had scores of 38-38 for the four round bout, the third judge gave Bruce the fight with a 40-36 tally.
John Molina Jr. vs Jose Izquierdo: Lightweights
Molina Jr. by TKO, round two. Molina Jr. dropped Izquierdo once in the first round then finished the job with a straight right at 2:55 of the second.
Bill Scherer - Bill Scherer has written for RingSports.com and TigerBoxing.com, enjoyed a stint as the Managing Editor for FightTube.tv and is a United ...
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